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Perceived Popularity during Early Adolescence: Links to Declining School Adjustment among Aggressive Youth
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Troop-Gordon, Wendy; Visconti, Kari J.; Kuntz, Kayla J. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2011
Although positive peer relationships have been shown to promote healthy school involvement and academic achievement, subpopulations of perceived popular (i.e., socially prominent, high status), but aggressive, youth have been identified who exhibit poor school functioning. The objective of this study was to examine whether attainment of perceived…
Descriptors: Social Status, Aggression, School Involvement, Early Adolescents
The Association between Gender, Age, and Acculturation, and Depression and Overt and Relational Victimization among Mexican American Elementary Students
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Bauman, Sheri – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2008
This study examined the relationship between overt and relational peer victimization and depression in a sample of predominantly Mexican American students in Grades 3 through 5 in a Southwestern U.S. school district. Acculturation level was assessed and included as an independent variable along with gender and grade (a proxy for age). Fifty six…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Student Adjustment, Grade 4, Grade 5